Reading Comprehension and Skills Booklet

144 Pages·2009·6.16 MB·English

Reading Comprehension and Skills: Grade 2
Table of Contents
Long and Short Vowels Opposite Day .....................................39 Reading about Science
Long a, e, and o ...................................4 Camping .............................................40 The Desert ..........................................73
Long i, u, and a ....................................5 Janelle’s Day .......................................41 The Beach ............................................74
Short a, e, and o ..................................6 Comprehension How Plants Grow ..............................75
Short i, u, and a ....................................7 Animal Babies ....................................76
Sequencing
Long or Short? .....................................8 Woodpeckers ....................................77
Picnic .....................................................42
Helpful Bugs .......................................78
R-Controlled Vowels Writing a Story ...................................43
The Water Cycle .................................79
ar, er, and ir ..........................................10 Getting Ready for School ..............44
Weather ...............................................80
ur, ar, and (er) ......................................11 Birthday Party ....................................45
Whales ..................................................81
or, (ur), and (ar) ...................................12 A Gift ....................................................46
The Moon ............................................82
Beginning Clusters Fruit Salad ............................................47
bl, cl, and fl ..........................................13 Painting My Bedroom ....................48 Reading about Social Studies
gl, pl, and sl .........................................14 Planting a Garden .............................49 Types of Shelter ................................83
sh, sk, and st .......................................15 Putting on a Play ..............................50 The Right to Vote .............................84
br, cr, and (dr) .....................................16 A New School .....................................51 The U.S. Government .....................85
Continents ..........................................86
fr, gr, and (pr) ......................................17 Reading Fiction
The Liberty Bell .................................87
str, thr, and (tr) ....................................18 New Friends ........................................52
Coming to North America ............88
qu, (sw), and (squ) .............................19 Helping Grandma .............................53
Going West ........................................89
ch, (sn), and (th) ................................20 A Big Surprise ....................................54
Railroads .............................................90
Ending Clusters Vanessa’s Special Treat ....................55
Cities and Towns ...............................91
ck, sh, and st .......................................21 Sarah’s Bright Idea ...........................56
Building a Community ....................92
ch, ck, and (sh) ..................................22 Jared’s Good Idea .............................57
nt, (nd), and (nk) ...............................23 Monkey See, Monkey Do ..............58 Fact or Opinion
Cat or Dog? .........................................59 Brad and Amy ....................................93
Synonyms
The Community Club .....................60 Making Baskets .................................94
Summer ................................................24
Grandpa’s New Job ..........................61 Dogs and Cats ....................................95
My Best Friend ..................................25
New Introductions ...........................62 Winter Fun ..........................................96
Eating Breakfast ................................26
My Funny Uncle .................................97
Going to School ................................27 Reading about Health
Drinking Water .................................98
Flying a Kite .......................................28 Teeth .....................................................63
I Like Math ..........................................99
Our New Kittens ...............................29 Sleep ....................................................64
Summer Swimming ......................100
Aunt Jill’s Farm ..................................30 Exercise ................................................65
Learning to Cook ...........................101
Dad’s Computer ................................31 Talking It Out .....................................66
Oranges .............................................102
Jogging with Mom ...........................32 Wash Your Hands ..............................67
Bubbles .............................................103
Colds ....................................................68
Antonyms
Food for Thought ............................69 Answer Key.....................................104
My Book ...............................................33
Healthy Heart and Lungs ...............70
Seasons ...............................................34
The Five Senses .................................71
Book Buddies .....................................35
Going to the Doctor .......................72
Pat’s Car ...............................................36
Lynn’s House ......................................37
A Special Puppy ...............................38
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Ready-to-Use Ideas and Activities
This book was developed to help students master the basic skills necessary to become
competent readers. The stronger their foundation in reading basics, the faster and easier
children will be able to advance to more challenging texts.
Mastering the skills covered within the activity pages of this book is paramount for successful
reading comprehension. The activities at the beginning of the book aim to build and reinforce
vocabulary, the foundation of reading comprehension. These activities lead to practice with
more advanced comprehension skills such as categorizing and using context to understand
words. Then, at the end of the book, students begin to practice answering comprehension
questions about progressively longer stories.
All children learn at their own rate; therefore, use your judgment to introduce concepts to
children when developmentally appropriate.
Hands-on Learning
Hands-on learning reinforces the skills covered within the activity pages and improves
students’ potential for comprehension. One idea for a hands-on activity is to use the
removable flash cards at the back of this book to play a game of bingo. To do this, make a
copy of the bingo card on the next page for each student. Write the flash card words on the
board and have students choose 24 of the words and write them in the empty spaces of their
bingo cards in any order. When students have finished writing on their cards, gather the flash
cards into a deck. Call out the words one at a time. Any student who has a word that you call
out should make an X through the word on her card to cross it out. The student who crosses
out five words in a row first (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) wins the game by calling
out, “Bingo!” To extend the game, you can continue playing until a student crosses out all of
the words on his bingo card.
Comprehension Checks and Discussion
In addition to the activities in this book, you can support reading comprehension growth
when you read stories in the classroom. After a story—or part of a story—is read, ask your
students questions to ensure and enhance reading comprehension. The first type of question
you might ask is a factual question. A factual question includes question words such as who,
what, when, where, how, and why. For example, How old is the character?, Where does the
character live?, What time was it when…?, or any other question that has a clear answer. You
might also ask open-ended questions. These types of questions do not have a clear answer.
They are based on opinions about the story, not on facts. For example, an open-ended
question might be, Why do you think the character acted as he did?, How do you think the
character felt about her actions or the actions of others?, What do you think the character will
do next?, or What other ways could this story have ended?
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Long and Short Vowels
Name
Long a, e, and o
Look at the list of words below. Sort the words into three groups. Each group
should have words with the same vowel sound.
day phone snake feet
week vote neat haste
speech toe fame stone
meet gale treat poke
case make snow teeth
stale seek bone grow
Long a Sound Long e Sound Long o Sound
Think Ahead! List another word for each group.

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Long and Short Vowels
Name
Long i, u, and a
Look at the list of words below. Sort the words into three groups. Each group
should have words with the same vowel sound.
blue shade ice mine
cute late age clue
game strike glue knight
rice fright huge skate
mule tape pride rule
trade bike due page
Long i Sound Long u Sound Long a Sound
Think Ahead! List another word for each group.

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Long and Short Vowels
Name
Short a, e, and o
Look at the list of words below. Sort the words into three groups. Each group
should have words with the same vowel sound.
bad hat bed hot
yell block plan wet
black floss nest flock
moth clam jog stem
lamp toss stack spell
pest stock nap leg
Short a Sound Short e Sound Short o Sound
Think Ahead! List another word for each group.

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Long and Short Vowels
Name
Short i, u, and a
Look at the list of words below. Sort the words into three groups. Each group
should have words with the same vowel sound.
dust drip map truck
quick hand rap bun
trip sack club win
quack stuff lip pass
thumb dish cab lunch
fist fact must clip
Short i Sound Short u Sound Short a Sound
Think Ahead! List another word for each group.

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Long and Short Vowels
Name
Long or Short?
Look at the list of words below. Sort the words into two groups. Each group
should have words with either short or long vowel sounds.
gate cake goat wheat
pack frog wheel sock
rug time bin true
egg own gum thumb
throat man cue peg
mist rate nest fine
Long Vowel Sounds Short Vowel Sounds
Think Ahead! List another word for each group.

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